[TenTec] Replacment cw filter

Mike Hyder -N4NT- Mike_N4NT at charter.net
Tue Dec 14 08:09:11 PST 2010


Having used several of the "older" Ten-Tec rigs, my feeling is that 98% of 
the time I am much happier using an audio filter in the rig than a crystal 
filter.  The audio CW filter makes them sound like "real Ten-Tecs" to my 
ears.

If you choose to fabricate an audio filter, it is important to put it into 
the circuit as the rig is originally designed.  The AGC voltage in the rigs 
is generated from audio.  If the filter does not appear before the AGC 
sampling point, signals outside the passband can still "pump-up" the AGC 
voltage.  This is true of external audio filters, too.

73, Mike N4NT

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Curt" <rhulett1 at consolidated.net>
To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec at contesting.com>
Cc: "Marty Hartwell" <mhartwe at gmail.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2010 10:37 AM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Replacment cw filter


> Hello Marty,
>
> Having the same problem you did trying to find a 245 for a 544 I bought,
> used the 245 from my 540 as a pattern.  All the components are still
> available, so had a PCB fabricated using my 245 as a pattern.  Did a less
> than perfect job of duplication, had to redrill holes for the 7 vector 
> pins
> used to connect the board to the rig.
> A lot of time and trouble for what might just as easily be accomplished
> using an outboard audio filter, just to prove to myself that could do it.
>
> Anyway, it works perfectly, just same as the 245 in my 540.  It isn't very
> complex, just two dual op-amps and some resistors and caps.  Somewhere I
> have the TT documentation, pictures, parts list, schematic, pattern of the
> PCB.
>
> Building one on vector board is certainly feasible, and maybe easier than
> dealing with a PCB.
>
> GL & 73, Curt



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